Pad holder



May 26, 1931. I J, B, KEMP 1,807,158

PAD HQLDER Filed Aug. 9. 1930 Patented May 26, 1931 UNITED s'rrrs PATENToFF-ice JOHN IB.KE1VIP, OF RIDGEWOOD, NEVI JERSEY, ASSG-NOR TO CLARKLOOSE LEAF MAN FACTUR-ING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEVI YORK` PADHOLDER Application filed August 8, 1930. Serial No. 474,121.v

This -invention relates generally to pad holders adapted to retain acalendar ring or other memoranda in position, and more particularly toan arrangement for holding a group o'f'superposed members in properrelationand in angular position with reference to the supportingsurface.

AThe present invention is an improvement over my copending application,Seria-l No. 426,547, tiled September 7, 1980, and provides in additionto all of the objects provided in the aforementioned application, theprovision of improved securing means for the. pad holding and aligningbolts.

t is thus among the objects of the invention to provide improved meansfor receiving and securing pad holding bolts in conjunction'with the padsupporting surface.

Another object is to provide bolt receiving means associated with thebase for threadedly receiving the vbolt therethrough without threadingthe base or otherwise directly imparting strains from the bolt thereto.

Another object isto provide'a bolt securing attachment for a pad holdingbase in which the bolt engagement is independent of leg supports andwhereby the legs may be moved independently and without respect to thelocation of the bolts.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of theimprovements is better understood, the invention consistingsubstantially in the novel arrangement and co-relation ofinst-rumentalities herein fully described, and illustrated in theaccompany* ing drawings, wherein similar reference characters are lusedto describe corresponding parts throughout the several views,and thenfinally pointed out and specifically defined and indicated in theappended claims.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventiveconcept suggests a practical embodiment thereof; but the invention isnot to be restricted to the exact'details of this disclosure, and thelatter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather thana restrictive, standpoint.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofmechanical expressions,

only a few of which, for the'purposes of illustration, are shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a view partially in sectionof one form of the present invention in position on a disc, and taken ontheline 1 1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detailed section'taken o'nlline 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the supporting leg in foldedposition.

Fig. 5 is a detailed view of the bolt engaging element. v

Fig. 6 is a view similarto Fig. 3 offa modified form of the inventionandFig. 7 is a detailed view ofthe modified bolt receiving element. In thedrawings, l represents a pad which, for the purpose of illustration,isfa calendar pad, the pad resting ona base 2 and being apertured as at8 to receivecombining screws 4 therethrough. In previous forms ofthepresent invention they combining screws were adapted for threadedengagement into heads 5 of standards or legs, which are pivotallycarried bythe underside ofthebase ,by reception ofthe heads withinsockets 7 carried by the base. While the generalr structure of theprevious devices is herein illustrated as a preferred embodiment, thestructure involving the use-of caps 8 and spring 9 which are adapted toretain the standards in their adjusted position, one'side` of the socketbeing open to permit their -foldingas indicated -in Fig. 4, theinvention departs fromy the Lprior teaching by the provision of a screworrbolt receiving plate 10 which in thefform of the invention shown inFig. 3 is mounted on the upper surface of thebase 2an'd secured over theaperture 11 of the base by the socket securing rivets 12.

The element 10 as shown in Fig.v 5 is elongated, its ends beingapertured as at 13, to receive the rivets 12 therethroughV and itscenter being apertured and internally threaded to provide aboss 14 forthreadedly engaging'the lovverend of the screw 4. Asa manufacturingexpedient, theelement l10 isherein shown ashaving its centralportion'eXt-'ruded and internally threaded, it being understood however,that the linvention is not confined to this mechanical expedient.

The head 5 of the leg or standard 6 is not internally threaded as inaccordance with prior practice and is apertured with a bore greater thanthe diameter of the screw. The screw when the pad lis full does notextend into the standard head 5 and permits the standard to be freelymoved-but properly secures the pad by engagement in the boss 14 of theelement 10. Thus the device may be shipped with the legs folded and thepad firmly secured upon the base. After considerable thickness of thesheets of the pad is removed, downward screwing of the bolting providesfor the entrance of its lower end within the head 5 to preventaccidental fold.- ing of the standard.-

By this form of the invention lit will be seen that the pad is securedindependently of the standard and strains are directed notdirectly tothe base which may preferably be formed of paper material, but arecarried through the i element 10 to be distributed through the rivets12, thus eliminating danger of disrupting the threaded connection.

By referring more particularly to that form of the invention shown inFigs. 6 and 7, it will be seen that the invention comprehends the use ofsecuring screws 4 out of alignment with the standard 6. In this instancethe screw receiving element, as shown in Fig. 7, is indicated by thenumeral 20 and has apertures 21 adapted to receive the socket securingrivets 12. The element 20, however, extends beyond one of the apertures12 and has an extruded end boss 22 which is adapted to be receivedwithin an aperture 23 of the boss 2, and thus provides for the alignmentof the screw 4: out of the axial path of the standard 6. In the use ofthe device, regardless of how thin the pad becomes through removal ofsheets, the screw 8 will never extend downwardly to interfere with thefolding of the standard.

In both forms of the invention, it will be seen that a novel and simplestructure is provided, by which a rigid screw receiving boss isprovided, so arranged as to prevent 'mutilation of the boss byengagement of the screw therewith, and also arranged to be securedindependently 0f the standard. These features provide for free foldingof the standard without regard to the position of the screw and providean inexpensive structure particularly designed to meet the demands ofeconomic manufacture.

In accordancewiththeprovisions ofthe patent statute, I have describedthe principle of my invention, a practical embodiment thereof, but Idesire it understood that my invention is not confined to the particularform of device herein shown and described, the same being merelyillustrative, and that the invencomplished, as herein set forth, as itis obvious that the 4particular embodiments herein shown and describedare Vonly some of many that can be employed to Vattain these objects andaccomplish these results.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A p ad holder including a base, standards associated therewith forsupporting the base ininclining position with respect to a supportingsurface, a pad carried by the base, a securing screw extending throughsaid pad and threaded means carried bythe base independent of thestandards for threadedly receiving the screw for retaining the pad onthe base, said means being secured to the base by 1rivets securingtherewith the standard tothe ase.

2. A pad holder including a base, standards associated therewith forsupporting the base in inclining position with respect to a supportingsurface, a pad carried by the base, a securing screw `extending throughsaid pad and threaded means carried by the base independent of thestandards for threadedly re-` ceiving the screw for retaining the pad onthe base, said means being secured to the base by rivets securingtherewith the standard to the base, said means comprising an elongatedplate bearing an internally threaded boss for receiving the screw. l

3. A pad holder including a base, standards associated therewith forsupporting the base in inclining positionwith respect to a support-ingsurface, a pad carried by the base, a securing screw extending throughsaid pad and threaded means carried by the base independent of thestandards for threadedly receiving the screw for retaining the pad onthe base, said means being secured to the base by rivets securingtherewith the standard to the base, said means comprising an elongatedplate bearing an internally threaded boss for receiving the screw, saidboss being aligned on said base in axial registration with the standard.

4c. A pad holder including a base, standards associated therewith forsupporting the base in inclining position with respect to a supportingsurface, a pad carried by the base, a securing screw extending throughsaid pad and threaded means carried by the base independent of thestandards for threadedly receiving the screw for retaining the pad onthe base, said means being secured to the base by rivets securingtherewith the standard to the base, said means comprising an elongatedplate bearing an internally threaded boss for receiving the screw, saidboss being aligned on said base in axial registration with the standard,said standard being apertured to receive the screw therein.

5. A pad holder including a base, standards associated therewith forsupporting the base in inclining position with respect to a supportingsurface, a pad carried by the base7 a securing' screw extending throughsaid pad and threaded means carried by the base independent of thestandards for threadedly receiving the screw for retaining the pad onthe hase, said means being secured to the base by rivets securingtherewith the standard to the base, said means comprising an elongatedplate bearing an internally threaded boss for receiving the screw, saidboss being arranged out of alignment with the standard.

6. A pad holder including a base, standards associated therewith forsupporting the base in inclining position with respect to a supportingsurface, a pad carried by the base, a securing' screw extending throughsaid pad and threaded means carried by the base independent of thestandards for threadedly receiving the screw for retaining the pad onthe base, said means being secured to the base by rivets securingtherewith the standard to the base, said means comprising an elongatedplate bearing an internally threaded boss for receiving the screw7 saidboss being' arranged beyond the rivet securement of the element toprovide for reception of the screw. out of alignment with the standard.

This specification signed this 4th day of August. 1930.

JOHN B. KEMP.

